Well, that's what Walker said in private to a donor who would ultimately give his campaign more than $500,000. We only know about this exchange because it was captured by filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein in his documentary As Goes Janesville.

In public, on the other hand, Walker told a completely different story and repeatedly swore up and down that his attack on public employees' bargaining rights was merely about balancing the budget.

Right.

The problem for Walker is that his apparent public lies are catching up to him.

On Monday, three Democratic congressmen wrote to Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

That's the committee before which Walker testified, under oath, that he had never had a discussion about the political ramifications of his collective bargaining battle. It wasn't about punishing political rivals. It was merely about balancing the budget, he said with a straight face.

“Congress relies on the accuracy of official testimony to make effective policy determinations, and you have written letters in the past asking witnesses to clarify testimony before our committee when new information arises,” the congressmen wrote to Issa. “We ask that you write to Governor Walker on behalf of the committee and request an explanation for why his statements captured on this videotape appear to contradict his testimony before the committee.”

Does Walker's contradiction under oath equal perjury?

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Walker perhaps liked to Diane Hendricks. But it doesn't matter. Most people loathe unions. The point is to win the election. Just like winning a football game, the coach doesn't disclose the game plan before the game. Just like in football their are trick plays designed. Politics is the same.
In order for us to become a red state we need to made it hard to the people who want it to be a blue state. By making their life rough, they might be encouraged to move out of state. Cutting off welfare, Badgercare, Food Stamps, and excessive unemployment. Cutting the pay of overpaid public workers.. Its like pest control. If you don't want parasites and pest bothering you, you make sure they don't have a habitat they can thrive in.
The Democrats loathe businesses and capitalists. They want us gone. They do this by raising our taxes or simply making us pay taxes. They make us pay people more than they are worth to us. So we pack our bags, move to a tax free haven and move our business to China. The Democrats want a utopian society of people laying in hammocks, drinking Steele Reserve, smoking Newports, and buying lotto tickets. Then getting free health care. Well not in my back yard they won't. And if they do, I will get a new back yard someplace else.

And capitalists and businesses are not doiing the same thing? The whole idea of "Profit" is to sell something at a price higher than what it costs the business to produce it. Part by screwing the customer in giving something that is valued less than what the customer pays, and screwing the company's own workers in having them work a higher value than what they are getting paid for.

They only get away with it because of a good "sales" job on the worker and customer, selling them some swampland in Florida, deceiving them in to thinking they got a fair deal.

Do you really think that a state of pure capitalists can all survive? In the absence of a sucker liberal to make your money from, the capitalists cannot have all of themselves survive. They will constantly be throwing away the bottom ranks of their own kind, just to feed the higher ranks "profits".

Mr. Tom Barrett you may need to remind Gov. scott walker during the debates that this recall is about him and not you or Jim Doyle. The Clown shows on wtmj tv/radio with Clown sykes and Clown wagner would say and do anything to divert the attention away from the walker circus. Go get them. Jus sayin ya no.

I can't wait untill 6/5/12 so I don't have to look at that cockeyed weasel liar on the tube anymore. He doen't care if he loses cause his rich buddies lined his pockets. If he should win I hope he gets charged with a felony or two like his top aides. How could he not know what they were doing and who in their right mind would believe his dumb ass for denying it.

I'm sure he knows but doesn't want to get distracted from winning the election. Most people don't care if someone sent emails. Most people don't care he had a homosexual working for him. Homophobe Barrett will criticize anything at this point. Walker can deal with the John Doe thing later. If a Republican were the DA this would not even be an issue. Yes, I'm sure there are laws against sending certain kinds of emails and there are propbabl laws against hiring homosexuals that the Democrats would like to take advantage of. Funny the Democrats usually are the party that the homosexuals will join with, unless a Republican is a homosexual, then its just terrible.

I drive through all the neighborhoods throughout Waukesha County. I saw one Barrett sign and hundreds of Walker signs. Generally the people who live out here are the smarter and harder working types that don't believe in unions or welfare. They really don't have much sympathy for six figure public workers who where getting all these huge benefits for make-work jobs. The people out here who make six figures are usually producing a profit for someone and have to pay for their own benefits and retirement. I think they are a little annoyed seeing school teachers living in their neighborhoods driving big SUVs and having a good laugh at taxpayer expense. Then rioting in Madison when their welfare is taken away.

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